Short background of the King’s assassination Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the veranda outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil liberties leader remained in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his method […]

Today, 50 years ago, Martin Luther King died Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. A single shot fired by James Earl Ray from over 200 feet away at a nearby motel struck King in the neck. He died an hour later at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The death […]

The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution took place during 18th to 19th centuries, was a period throughout which primarily agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and city. Before the Industrial Revolution, which started in Britain in the late 1700s, production was often performed in people’s houses, using hand tools or […]

In 1818, Christmas Eve the carol “Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht” was heard for the first time in a town church in Oberndorf, Austria. The congregation at that Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor, Father Joseph Mohr, and the choir director, Franz Xaver Gruber, sounded through the church […]

What happened to 1942: Second Fight of El Alamein This battle marked the turning point in the North African project. The only terrific tank battle won by the British Commonwealth forces without direct American involvement. However, an American presence was most felt by 300 Sherman tanks (for a total of 547 tanks) shipped quickly to […]

Remembering the most importamt IRAQ War Lesson March 2012 marks the 14th anniversary of the United States intrusion of Iraq. Despite your views on the knowledge of that choice, it’s reasonable to state that the outcomes were not exactly what many Americans anticipated. Now that the war is formally over fourteen years ago and many […]

It’s the Westerners who are remembered for developing some of the most innovative and conceptual weapons of the Second World War. But when it concerned experimental military innovations, Japan suffered from no shortage of ideas. Here is the main Bomb you should know, The Fu-Go Balloon Bomb As the Nazis were lobbying V2 rockets over […]

American Civil War Spies There were a variety of spies who acted separately of any company. These were frequently patriotic females looking for some method to assist the war effort of their federal government. Both federal governments likewise recruited and organized their spy rings to penetrate and report on opponent activity. Among the most famous […]

Since the first armored vehicles crawled throughout the World War I, tanks have become an enduring component of land warfare. Many tank-on-tank engagements have occurred for many years, some more substantial– and epic– than others. Here are five you need to learn about. 1. The Fight of Cambrai (1917). Fought in late 1917, this Western […]

Ever wonder what are the roles of Women during the American Civil War? The lives of women changed significantly during the American Civil War. They played essential functions both in your house and on the battlefield. On the home front, women for both sides had to handle the household while their spouses and kids were […]